Zachary Quinto has come out

http://justjared.buzznet.com/2011/10/16/zachary-quinto-comes-out/

Zachary Quinto has come out as a gay man to New York magazine.

The 34-year-old actor, who’s currently starring in a story arc on FX’s American Horror Story, spoke to the magazine about his eight month stint in Angels in America, saying, “as a gay man, it made me feel like there’s still so much work to be done, and there’s still so many things that need to be looked at and addressed.”

ZQ also spoke about the current cultural bipolarity toward the gay community, from gaining acceptance for gay marriage to teens being bullied and committing suicide.

“And again, as a gay man I look at that and say there’s a hopelessness that surrounds it, but as a human being I look at it and say ‘Why? Where’s this disparity coming from, and why can’t we as a culture and society dig deeper to examine that?’ We’re terrified of facing ourselves,” Zachary said.

Read ZQ’s entire interview over at NYMag.com!

Keep this to yourself ... but he came out for me :blush: ;) :P

Good on him!

More from advocate.com:

Actor Zachary Quinto reveals he is gay and that having starred in the AIDS-themed play Angels in America made him realize he's lucky, in a new profile in New York magazine.

In the profile titled "What's Up Spock," Quinto calls his eight-month stint as conflicted Louis in Angels both “the most challenging thing I’ve ever done as an actor and the most rewarding.”

Quinto recalls the impact the play had on him personally. “Doing that play made me realize how lucky I was to be born when I was born and to not have to witness the decimation of an entire generation of amazingly talented and otherwise vital men,” he says.

“And at the same time, as a gay man, it made me feel like there’s still so much work to be done, and there’s still so many things that need to be looked at and addressed.”

Last October while appearing in the landmark play, Quinto filmed an emotional video for the "It Gets Better" campaign, aimed at ending the antigay bullying epidemic that had caused numerous suicides.

During the new interview Quinto responds to what New York describes as "the cultural bipolarity that can see gay marriage legalized in New York in the same year that yet another gay teenager, Jamey Rodemeyer, was bullied and killed himself,' Quinto says, “And again, as a gay man I look at that and say there’s a hopelessness that surrounds it, but as a human being I look at it and say ‘Why? Where’s this disparity coming from, and why can’t we as a culture and society dig deeper to examine that?’ We’re terrified of facing ourselves.”

Quinto is currently in theaters in a small role in the comedy What's Your Number? and will be seen later this month as a gay man in the FX series American Horror Story. His next film Margin Call, which he co-produced and in which he costars with Kevin Spacey, will open October 21.

I had known he was gay. A friend of mine had met him at a gay club here in LA when he was on 'So Notoryous'

But good for him!

I am unsurprised, but still quite happy to see another actor accept the responsibility of this mantle on the public stage. it's more difficult than most realize, and it just makes him that much hotter.

Shocker!!! Glad to see he came out and I honestly hope it doesn't ruin his big screen acting career.

Zachary is a brave person and I applaud him for this fortitude and for the heart warming message on this website. Bravo Spock!!!

Well... Youd have to be blind and deaf not to know he was gay, as lets face it, he probably sets off more gaydars worldwide than Jodie Foster's had minge, and that's saying something..... [/LOL Too Far]

But full credit to him, we need more high-profile stars to take the plunge. :)

I've pretty much known since I saw him on "So NoTORIous" Check it out on YouTube.

LOL @ that video, Dave. Here:

P.S. Look at the comments lol

That was a hoot!

Here's another good video of him in So NoTORIous.